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This is an interesting discussion. I've been an (armchair) Civil War buff for years, and I've never had any doubt that
a) The war was, on a fundamental level, about slavery
b) That Lincoln did carry out some illegal actions, but justified them in his desire to save the Union. As most Northerners agreed, there was not much opposition to this.
c) That the legality of secession is a murky area, but arguing over it is meaningless. The South always knew the North would fight to preserve the Union
It's interesting to see that this topic still engenders such feelings and mixture of interpretations today.
Mr Mephisto
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